The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-14
FARM AND GARDEN.

CUTTING SORGHUM BEFORE FROST
In our northern climate sorghum
needs to be left late to ripen the seeds,
both for these and to make tho stalk
richer. 1t is best when the seeds are
just beginning to harden. Like corn,
sorghum in the green leaf before its
head forms has little sweetness.
HENS MoULTING EARLY
Poultry should be fed literally at this
season, and with plenty of bone-making
food. Because they do not lay just
now, is no sign that they can be
neglected with mpunity. If their
moultng is not completed before cold
weather sets in they will probably not
lay many eggs until Spring, and thus
be kept during the season, when eggs
bring the highest price, with all ex-
pense and no return for it,
DRYING SWEET CORN.
If sweet corn is exposed to a tempera-
ture of l20 it will dry rapidly If the ears
are not thrown in large masses. Retcn-
ton of the husk is Il great help to dry
ing. especially if the ears can be hung
up by 1t. In this position it quickly
dries, though the sweet corn usually
contains so much more water than the
common sort that it will soon be de-
slro,e ed for seed if thrown in piles or
left on the ground.
CARE OF CABBAGES.
In moist, rich soil cabbages now
are often in danger of bursting open
by too rapid growth. The remedy is
to pry up one side of the cabbage so as
to loosen half of its roots. Those re-
naming unbrokcn will be sufficient the
remainder of the season. 1t is much
better to have this EVIL than to have
cabbages too backward TO head. 1t is
now pretty late in the season to give
manure to push cabbages forward. If
given at all it should be in liquid form,
SO that it will be Immediately available.
ROLLING PARTS OF FIELDS.
Excepting on farms devoted exclu-
sively to making experiments, the use
of the roller is uniform over the entire
field, if used at all. 1t is little diff
cult to mark out patches to be rolled,
and those not to be; but experience
with Winter wheat especially shows
that this is advisable. On some kinds
and locations of soils rolling is general
" beneficial. On others it always does
injury. An exposed hillside blows
much less when the ridges left after
seeding are pressed down. On low,
level land. especially if very wet the
roller makes the soil too compact
HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS CHEAPEST.
The extra price necessarily charged
for the best grades of commercial
manures induces some farmers to try
to econmze by using those OF poorer
quality. a little thought will show the
impolicy of such economy. CONNER
c al manures have TO be carried hum
dreds of miles, and transportation of
moor stuff costs as much AS that of the
est. So also does the d stribution OF
4 the fertilizer on the soil. No farmer
would think of carting mere earth to
distribute over his iel&s, but this he is
doing if he or some one else mixes
earth or other worthless substances
with fertilizers merely to make bulk.
Besides, in most cases, the farmer pays
very dearly for the labor of mixing
good and bad together.
SWEETNESS IN SOUR APPLES.
The term sour, as applied to APP
pies and other fruit is a misnomer and
often the cause of serious mistakes. II
is supposed by many that sour apple,
for example, is destitute of sweetness.
This is never the fact, though its
saccharine qualities may be so hidden
by prevailing tartness as to be unappre'
ciablc to the taste. If we divided APP
pies into sweet and acid, there would
be less liability to mistake. The nutri
tive value of apples as food for stock is
generally determined by their sweet
ness; but close grained, solid apple
like Russell may be better food thar
thin, watcry, but sweet tasted apple
Old cider makers prize the Russell al
making very rich JUICE, which turns
90 excellent vinegar. and this is proc
that it contains considerable amour
of saccharine ingredients.
is RYE EXHAUSTIVE?
Many farmers believe that rye Il
much more exhaustive than wheat.
mn he and usually is grown on poore